“I am sure you still can get your 20%. You called me a Moron . How can a Moron make so much money.. By allowing short selling and borrowing millions of share from your banks we fund managers made millions out of your inexperience and poor regulations. You lose all Malaysians’ money, therefore you are the Moron … Now you know too late and start crying over spilt milk.”

Gatsiounis is author of Beyond the Veneer: Malaysia's Struggle for Dignity and Direction, and, most recently, Velvet and Cinder Blocks, a collection of politically-tinged short stories

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